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Worcester Armorial Saucer Dish
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This item is no longer available
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Dates
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Circa 1758
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Dimensions
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20.00cm diameter
(7.87 inches diameter)
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Medium
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Porcelain
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Origin
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England
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Description
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A fine and rare Worcester armorial saucer dish, painted with the arms of Viscount Howe of Langer:
The service was probably made for Richard Howe, 4th Viscount (8 March 1726 – 5 August 1799)
Azure on a bend sinister, out of a ducal coronet or a plume of five feathers.
The decoration consists of scattered floral sprays in mauve. The arms are painted in a rococo mauve frame, which has a spray of scarlet pimpernel emerging from it on each side.
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